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Nostalgic memories of Hawthorn's local history

Share your own memories of Hawthorn and read what others have said

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our web site to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was when the photographs in our archive were taken. From brief one-liners explaining a little bit more about the image depicted, to great, in-depth accounts of a childhood when things were rather different than today (and everything inbetween!). We've had many contributors recognising themselves or loved ones in our photographs.

Why not add your memory today and become part of our Memories Community to help others in the future delve back into their past.

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Childhood Memories
Trying to contact people from Hawthorn and Boxfields.
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Added 16 January 2015

Boxfields My Birthplace
I was born in a prefab at Boxfields in November 1943. I have a brother Dave who was 13 years old when I was born. My parents were Olive and Edgar Poole and they came to live at Boxfields from Epsom in Surrey after my brother had been evacuated to my aunts in Midsomer Norton 18 months earlier to escape the bombing. After the war they decided that the area needed a Fish and Chip shop as there were no ...see more
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Added 10 March 2014

Barn P Piece
I was actually the first baby to be born at Barn piece in 1932 long before the no;s 13 t to 20 was built; my memories are of sledging in the field behind Barn piece, playing in the woods and caves in quarry hill woods as I got older, and playing chasing around the streets of Box in my Teens Icould go on foreever..
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Added 05 March 2014

Hawthorn
I had a very happy childhood growing up in Hawthorn until I left at the age of fifteen to join the Royal Navy in 1960. Hawthorn consisted of two distinct halves separated by a 'main road'. The top site had flat roofs while the bottom half had sloping roofs. It made life easy when making teams. The "estate" was purpose built during the war for the workers of the Bristol Aircraft factory who also had a "fall ...see more
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Added 02 February 2012

Hawthorn Box Fields
Pat - it's lovely to read about Hawthorn as my grandmother Mrs Berrett and my Uncle Peter and Aunt Hilda Evans also lived there. School holidays were spent picking blackberries at the old D.P camp and playing in the fields and riding a bike around the estate. I remember the shops and the stone wall we used to walk on going to Five Ways to catch the bus to Bath or Chippenham. My aunt and uncle moved and ...see more
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Added 13 May 2011

Box Fieds Hawthorn
My parents met at a place called Thornypits and married during the war years.They were George and Pam Edwards, he was a local barber and came from Killarney, Southern Ireland, she came from Ditcheat, near Shepton Mallet in Somersett. They had three children, Pat, David and Pam. My parents worked at the Moon Aircraft, which produced many parts from Perspex for aeroplanes. We lived on a purpose-built ...see more
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Added 13 April 2011